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Théorie du mouvement et de la figure elliptique des planetes / par M. de la Place.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1780 Tur (b.w.) Af.395.8 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de, 1749-1827 10165
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Planetary theory--78095.
- Planetary theory.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 153 p. ; 27 cm. (4to)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : Impr. de P.D. Pierres, 1784.
- Notes:
- Signatures: n[superscript 1]a[superscript 3]b-c[superscript 4]A-T[superscript 4].
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Turini, Considerazioni, q.v.; item 8 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary boards; bound with other items. Turini to BF, 28 September 1780: "Vous trouverez Mr. dans le petit ouvrage cÿ joint" (P 33: 339); MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (15); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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